Add starts_with string matcher

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/mammoth/document_matchers.py b/mammoth/document_matchers.py
index af1fd47..d1f8e74 100644
--- a/mammoth/document_matchers.py
+++ b/mammoth/document_matchers.py
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ def equal_to(value):
 
 def _operator_equal_to(first, second):
     return first.upper() == second.upper()
+    
+    
+def starts_with(value):
+    return StringMatcher(_operator_starts_with, value)
+
+
+def _operator_starts_with(first, second):
+    return second.upper().startswith(first.upper())
 
 
 @cobble.data
@@ -54,5 +62,3 @@ class StringMatcher(object):
     
     def matches(self, other):
         return self.operator(self.value, other)
-    
-